PHUKET: A dive boat sank in the Similan islands with a ”frantic rescue” required to save all on board, was revealed today. The dive boat “Aladdin” with 13 on board was not registered and operating near the park illegally, officials said.

On a second boat nearby, Swedish diver Dennis Karlsson, 46, took dramatic images showing the panic as the Aladdin quickly sank to the bottom about noon yesterday. It was between Bon Island and Tachai island.